Images of Germany: Past and Present. A Film Collection, Series II Instructional Activities.

Blankenship, Glen; Hutcheson, Gwen

This booklet offers classroom activities for use with 15 social studies-related films for teaching about Germany. The series of 25-minute films are made available by Deutsche Welle Television and Goethe House New York. Lessons in the booklet include: (1) "Germany Since 1945: A Focus on Berlin"; (2) "'I'll Get You All Out of Here!' A Portrait of Oscar Schindler"; (3) "Did You Come Out of Faith or Germany? The First German Jews in Palestine"; (4) "Caught Between Hope and Fear: Political Refugees in Germany Today"; (5) "At Home Away From Home: Foreigners in Germany"; (6) "Stalin's Personal Photographer: Yevgeny Khaldiey"; (7) "Heinrich Nordhoff: Mr. Volkswagen"; (8) "Walking a Tightrope: The German Alpine Society"; (9) "Rainbow Warriors: The Greenpeace Organization"; (10) "Fields Without a Farmer: Family Farms in Germany"; (11) "Can You Have Your Trade and Learn it Too? The Vocational Apprenticeship Program"; (12) "In the Beginning Was Glass: International Summer Academy at Frauenau"; (13) "'To Make the Invisible Visible': The Impressionist Max Liebermann"; (14) "Taking His Soundtracks to the Top: Musician and Producer Harold Faltermeyer"; and (15) "A Life for Bayreuth: Wolfgang Wagner." (EH)